Sperry: Jones is tough, but Rashad is 'phenomenal'

Sergio Babu was the responsible for his Jiu-Jitsu trainings back then. How was he when you first got there?

Rashad is a phenomenal athlete. Rashad is a phenomenal athlete. He has a great ground game and he`s from wrestling, so he`s fiscally privileged. In terms of gi Jiu-Jitsu I can`t tell, but in terms of MMA Jiu-Jitsu he has a pretty efficient game. The rest of the teams have some highs and lows. There`re people with excellent Jiu-Jitsu level but some don`t really know it. But, in general, I guess their level is reasonable for having a good fight.

Rashad is fighting Jon Jones, who has shown sharp ground game against Rampage and Lyoto on his last fights…

Jon Jones is very talented. I guess it`s a hard fight for anyone whether it`s on the middleweight, on the light heavyweight or even on the heavyweight. He really knows how to use Jiu-Jitsu techniques mixed with MMA techniques, more precisely MMA techniques that really hurt, like knees, elbows, ground and pound. He`s tall, very tall, We`re working on his game, which is very efficient.

How do you see this fight between them since they`ve trained together in the past? Did he comment some of weak point about the champion`s game?

Absolutely, but I don`t think that`s that relevant because each fight is different. It`s going to be decided on the day they fight, they are in different moments now than back when they trained together.

Rashad was Phenomenal until Machida, Silva, and Jackson hit him on the chin. Then he looked pretty human. He won the Silva fight and Jackson fight because his wrestling is "phenomenal" and when he got rocked his wrestling instinct kicked in.I'll admit right now that I'm not a Rashad fan at all but I do see him giving a challenge to Jones but I still think Jones gets the W.

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